Lewis Hamilton took a commanding victory in the Australian Grand Prix on a disastrous day for title rivals Ferrari.

BMW's Nick Heidfeld and Williams' Nico Rosberg completed the podium,
while both Ferraris retired with mechanical problems after a series of
errors by drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa. {mos_fb_discuss: 1}
With Hamilton cruising to the race win, Heikki Kovalainen looked set to
make it a McLaren one-two until the timing of the third safety car
compromised his race dropping him down the order. This handed Nick
Heidfeld a solid second position in the BMW Sauber.

Starting second and fifth, BMW Sauber had been expected to challenge
McLaren for the race win but the reality was that McLaren were far too
strong in race trim today.

Nico Rosberg has waited a long time, but today’s action-packed race saw
the Williams Toyota driver record his first podium position after a
fine error free drive. Team-mate Kazuki Nakajima survived a clash with
Robert Kubica whilst behind the safety car to finish in seventh
position, the final runner in this incident strewn race.